Low pungency onion requiring 14 hours (or more) of daylight to initiate bulb formation

摘要

Provided is an onion cultivar requiring 14 or more contiguous hours of daylight to initiate bulb formation comprising a bulb having less than 5.5 ìM pyruvic acid/gram fresh weight (ìM/g FW pyruvate) at harvest, wherein said bulb is capable of being stored for two months under suitable conditions without an increase in PAD of greater than 20%. Further provided are breeding methods to obtain such plants.